Shadowrun 14: Nosferatu

Shadowrun Novels Germany #17

by Carl Sargent, Marc Gascoigne

Mage and part-time shadowrunner Serrin Shamander and his companions desperately flee a relentless, demonic enemy out to eliminate humankind from the face of the earth. Original.

Genres: Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Dystopia, Fiction

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1994

Reviews

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

old school Shadowrun. I read it in my youth while RPG'ing Shadowrun (one of the early versions of the game) and loved picking up immersive novels for the setting. It's a different experience picking up the novels again as an adult when many years have passed since I last read the books. Still a fun read.

[Aušra Strazdaitė-Ziberkienė · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kas verti valdyti Žemę ir panašiai elfų, trolių, orkų ir žmonių kontekste. Su daug šaudymo ir kompiuterių, kurie nelabai fantastiški.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nosferatu by Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne is a science fiction/fantasy novel set in the Shadowrun universe. In this one, a band of characters led by the elf Serrin Shamander is out to save the world when they are pressed into finding and eliminating a vampire who is bent on wiping out all the races except the elves.
The Shadowrun series are science fiction/fantasy novels set in a cyberpunk future suffused with the return of magic. You can expect car chases, shootouts, spirits and supernatural phenomenon, and bleeding-edge technologies and wild action in this world of the not-so-near future.

[Bryce Perry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the misleading cover (no such scene nor characters appear in the novel), this was a good read.

[David Strašák · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, first things first, when you look at the cover of the book you see a vampire dashing through the streets of a town. That is not what this book is about.
This book is more about a guy who meets a few other people and travels the world with them, with some tension and aggression here and there, but ultimately without much action happening. That is except the big final battle with the main bad guy, who I guess, no one else could stop, except our main hero who this book is about.
Now, the book is pretty fun and interesting, but ultimately kinda not as expected. There are much cooler things to do with vampires, but here they were just a generic thing to smash in the end without much of a personality.
The book is finished though, things make sense and the setups are paid off.

[Kenny Ketner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listen, chummer. It's a serviceable globe-trotting adventure with all the right Shadowrun elements. What more do you want?

[Rui Castro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not one of the best. AT most average. It was a bit of a drag in the middle, but the ending was full of action.

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Serin is a good character. I like the descriptions of magic. No where near as good as Streets of Blood though. I'm looking forward to Black Madonna.

[Zashi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weaksauce detective/adventure/something story badly disguised as cyberpunk with fantasy elements. Remove a couple words from the text and you can't even tell it was cyberpunk in the first place. The plot is boring. The characters are boring. The writing is mediocre at best. I wasn't expecting a literary masterpiece, but this book isn't even an entertaining time-waster.

[Marc · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ok read; the characters were well developed and traveling across the globe provided new and interesting locales beyond Seattle. Again, the final confrontation was a bit anti-climatic, especially with all the secrecy of who the ever-ever-ever more powerful mages were.

[Brett]

Science Fiction

[Thomson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Won't finish, putting this to sleep.

[Ralph · Rating 3 out of 5]

weak ending